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SDLT First Time Buyers’ Relief
Starting from the day of the Budget on 22 November 2017 relief from Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has been available for qualifying first time buyers paying up to £500,000...
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Probate Registry delays – How they can affect you and what you can do about it
In January of this year, it seemed as though the world of probate was going to transition seamlessly into a new digital age. However, not everything has gone to plan....
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Dementia Action Week – Treat me like me!
Dementia Action Week has arrived and to mark the occasion I decided to become a Dementia Friend. This is an Alzheimer's Society initiative which simply involves signing up online to...
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Regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI) – The OECD’s new Recommendation and what it means for UK AI-driven businesses
Today the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) formally adopted its recommendation on AI – the first intergovernmental standard on this area. The OECD represents most major industrialised nations,...
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Revocation of a missing Will
We look at a case where a certified copy Will has been admitted to probate, despite dispute over whether the original will had been revoked. In the case of Blyth...
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Court of Protection – Lost capacity what can this mean?
Blake Morgan is proud to support Dementia Awareness Week (20-26 May 2019). It's not unusual to become more forgetful as we get older, but dementia is a more serious and...
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Social media blunders: What employers can do
This article first appeared in HR Magazine on 17 May 2019. There are many recent, high profile examples of public figures in hot water with their employers over comments made...
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IP in Data and Algorithms – Betting on a bundle of rights?
Data may be the oil of the digital economy but its legal protection is fragmentary and complex. First it's generally understood there is no such thing as "property" in information...
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We’re all in this together, whether we like it or not
The story of litigation funding has had many twists and turns and, whilst the majority of the new law in this area has supported third party funding as a risk...
